Deputies: Couple charged after toddler left home alone

A couple face child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia charges after sheriff's deputies found their toddler had been left home alone while they went shopping at Walmart, deputies said.

MARK I. JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER

A couple face child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia charges after sheriff's deputies found their toddler had been left home alone while they went shopping at Walmart, deputies said. Chyanne Messer, 19, and Daniel Voisard, 24, were arrested Tuesday afternoon after an anonymous caller notified deputies the 1-year-old was alone in the house on Avenue J, the arrest report said. Deputies went to the house near Ormond Beach and found the toddler in a bedroom. There was no one else at the residence. About two hours later, Messer and Voisard rode up to the residence on a motorcycle. They said they had been shopping and did not take the youngster because she was sleeping, the report said. A deputy also found drug paraphernalia in plain view on a coffee table. A Department of Children and Families investigator responded to the scene and took custody of the 1-year-old. Messer and Voisard were charged with child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia and taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail. Messer was released early Thursday morning after posting $4,000 bail, while Voisard posted $1,000 bail on the paraphernalia charge and was released on his own recognizance on the child neglect charge just after midnight, a jail official said.